Thursday, January 31, 2013

While the odds against success may be long, Blackberry, the company formerly known as Research In Motion (RIM), has improved its chances of pulling off a last-minute upset with the introduction of the BlackBerry 10 operating system and the new smartphone models.

The latest release of the DisplayPort Dual-Mode Standard released today by VESA supports the next generation of Dual-Mode DisplayPort enabled PCs and Dual-Mode DisplayPort cable adaptors, expected to be available to consumers later this year.

NVIDIA's next generation "GeForce Titan" or GeForce 700 series of graphics cards is expected to be released sometime next month, and members of the Chinese PCOnLine community have posted a 3DMark 11 Xtreme Preset benchmark of the flagship GeForce Titan 780 model.

Futuremark's updated 3DMark benchmark for Windows will be released on February 4, with Android, iOS and Windows RT versions to follow soon after pending app store approvals, the company announced today.

VideoLAN warned users of the v2.0.5 and earlier versions of the VLC media player that the software contain a critical vulnerability that can be potentially exploited by attackers to execute malicious code on computers.

Worldwide tablet shipments outpaced predictions reaching a record total of 52.5 million units worldwide in the fourth quarter of 2012 (4Q12), according to preliminary data from the International Data Corporation (IDC).

Cyberlink is offering its flagship video editing software PowerDirector 11 at a significant discount, as soon as you agree to switch from using competitive software solutions including the Adobe Premiere Elements, Sony Movie Studio and Pinnacle Studio.